More than 1.66 crore vaccine doses administered till 7 am today
Nearly 1 million doses given in the last 24 hours
New Delhi: Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka continue to report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. They cumulatively account for 85.51% of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours. 17,407 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated today.
While 89 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, six States accounted for 88.76% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (42). Kerala follows with 15 daily deaths and Punjab reported 12 deaths in the last 24 hours.
The Ministry further informed that Maharashtra, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh were showing a rise in the active cases. Besides, while in the last 24 hours, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Assam showed a reduction in the active cases, on the other hand, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat displayed a rise in the active cases during the same time period.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 9,855. This is the highest number recorded in Maharashtra since October 18, 2020, when 10,259 new cases were reported. It is followed by Kerala with 2,765 while Punjab reported 772 new cases.
India’s total Active Caseload reached 1,73,413 today, and the country’s present active caseload now stands at 1.55% of India’s total Positive Cases.
Figures showed that 23 states/Union Territories did not report any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These were Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, J&K (UT), Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Assam, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, Sikkim, Ladakh (UT), Tripura, A&N Islands, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Daman & Diu & Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Arunachal Pradesh.
In the meantime, more than 1.66 cr (1,66,16,048) vaccine doses have been administered through 3,23,064 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 67,90,808 HCWs (1st dose), 28,72,725 HCWs (2nd dose), 58,03,856 FLWs (1st dose) and 4,202 FLWs (2nd Dose), 1,43,759 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st Dose) and 10,00,698 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.
As on Day-47 of the vaccination drive (March 3, 2021), nearly 10 lakh (9,94,452) vaccine doses were given. Of these, 8,31,590 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 10,849 sessions for 1st dose (HCWs and FLWs) and 1,62,862 HCWs and FLWs received 2nd dose of vaccine.
– global bihari bureau
